Mozilla Skywriter (formerly Bespin[2]) was a Mozilla Labs project aiming to create an open, extensible, and interoperable web-based framework for code editing.
As of January 2011, it has been merged into Ajax.org's Ace and Cloud9 IDE projects.[3]
Name
The original name was a reference to Bespin, the fictional gas giant from Star Wars where "Cloud City" is located,[4] which relates to the cloud computing nature of the project.
In a time preceding the 1.0 release the name of the project was changed to Skywriter due to "many compliments and complaints" over the previous one. This new name also holds a reference to coding in a cloud environment.[2]
Features
Skywriter encourages a more shared environment where data can be accessed from any machine.[5] This allows developers to collaborate on projects through a unified interface accessed through a web browser, no matter where they are physically located.[6] The application is available to anyone after free registration on the website.[7]
Skywriter currently supports syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS, PHP, Python, C#, C, Ruby, JavaScript and Wiring (used by the Arduino platform).[8]
References
- ^ Dean, Sam (2009-02-13). "Mozilla's Bespin Delivers Open, Collaborative Cloud App Development". Ostatic. http://ostatic.com/blog/mozillas-besp in-delivers-open-collaborative-cloud- app-development. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ a b Dangoor, Kevin (2010-09-02). "Bespin is now Mozilla Skywriter, moves to GitHub". Mozilla Labs. https://blog.mozilla.org/labs/2010/09 /bespin-is-now-mozilla-skywriter-move s-to-github/. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
- ^ Dangoor, Kevin (2011-01-18). "Mozilla Skywriter has been merged into Ace". Mozilla Labs. http://mozillalabs.com/skywriter/2011 /01/18/mozilla-skywriter-has-been-mer ged-into-ace/. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ Broersma, Matthew (2009-02-17). "Mozilla shifts code development to the cloud". ZDNet UK. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/softwar e/0,39044164,62051132,00.htm?scid=rss _z_nw. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ Shanklin, Stephen (2009-02-13). "Mozilla Bespin tries taking coding to the cloud". Cnet news. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-1 0163516-2.html. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ Pash, Adam (2009-02-13). "Mozilla Bespin Is a Killer Web-Based Text Editor". LifeHacker. http://lifehacker.com/5152999/mozilla -bespin-is-a-killer-web+based-text-ed itor. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ "Mozilla Bespin". https://bespin.mozilla.com/. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ "Bespin Syntax Files". Mozilla Labs. http://hg.mozilla.org/labs/bespin/fil e/d498b93b0d28/frontend/js/bespin/syn tax/simple. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
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